Preferences and skills of Indian public sector teachers

IZA Journal of Labor & Development

Table 13 Robustness checks of the DCE Model

Contract attributes	[1]		[2]		[3]		[4]
Contract attributes	Including constant		Excluding lexicographic		Lowland districts		Mountain districts
Pay (1000 Rs.)	.131	[.013]**	.136	[.012]**	.147	[.017]**	.122	[.015]**
Location: Village/Small town	.491	[.109]**	.609	[.102]**	.532	[.145]**	.489	[.127]**
Location: Home village / town	.651	[.097]**	.733	[.102]**	.879	[.149]**	.498	[.123]**
Location: District Capital area	.349	[.114]**	.467	[.104]**	.464	[.148]**	.299	[.127]*
Contract: Permanent with rotation	.673	[.068]**	.796	[.073]**	.695	[.104]**	.657	[.090]**
Contract: Permanent	.775	[.104]**	.850	[.107]**	.906	[.157]**	.699	[.131]**
Transfers: Based on merit	.936	[.076]**	.811	[.081]**	1.023	[.115]**	.884	[.098]**
Small class size	-.133	[.062]*	-.103	[.064]	-.087	[.092]	-.158	[.079]*
Female x Pay (1000 Rs.)	-.007	[.016]	.004	[.017]	-.008	[.025]	-.002	[.021]
Female x Village/Small town	.186	[.134]	.152	[.144]	.326	[.207]	.088	[.177]
Female x Home village / town	.703	[.141]**	.821	[.160]**	.987	[.239]**	.582	[.178]**
Female x District Capital area	.561	[.138]**	.532	[.150]**	.619	[.217]**	.534	[.181]**
Female x Permanent with rotation	-.185	[.096]	-.229	[.104]*	-.192	[.149]	-.181	[.127]
Female x Permanent	-.065	[.145]	-.006	[.162]	.111	[.241]	-.116	[.185]
Female x Based on merit	.222	[.109]*	.231	[.120]	.266	[.173]	.229	[.141]
Female x Small class size	.126	[.085]	.172	[.092]	-.012	[.130]	.235	[.112]*
Constant	-.017	[.054]
Observations	4793		4097		2085		2708

**,* : significant at the 1% and 5% levels respectively. Lowland districts are Haridwar, Dehradun and Udham Singh Nagar. Mountain districts are Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Almora, and Nainital. Omitted category for Location is ‘Remote village’, for Contract ‘Fixed term 7-year contract’, and for Transfers ‘Based on connections/influence’.